Avoiding pitfalls of correlation coefficients in the assessment of measurement instruments in rehabilitation research

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-194

  Weatherall, Mark ^a   McPherson, Kathyrn ^b   Taylor, William ^a   Simpson, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

EID: 1542401309     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215504cr721oa     Document Type: Article

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